EST. 2001

Robert Duncan Symposium

Chicago Poetry Project presents
with the Writing Program of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
and the Poetry Center of Chicago

The Truth and Life of Myth
A Robert Duncan Symposium

April 22-24, 2010
Chicago

“The surety of the myth for the poet has such force that it operates as a primary reality in itself, having volition. The mythic content comes to us, commanding the design of the poem; it calls the poet into action, and with whatever lore and craft he has prepared himself for that call, he must answer to give body in the poem to the formative will.”
Robert Duncan, “The Truth and Life of Myth”

Events include: talks and readings by the keynote speakers; a dramatic reading of Duncan’s play “Medea in Kolchis”; poetry readings by presenters; and talks, presentations, and conversation about Robert Duncan’s poetry.

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